New App Explores John Lennon’s Mysterious Bermuda Trip

In the big picture of a Beatle’s life, John Lennon’s trip to Bermuda in 1980 was a blip. But because it helped trigger his return to music–just six months before his death–the journey has taken on deeper significance in his life story.

One of the singer’s final chapters gets a new telling with the release Thursday of an app titled “John Lennon: The Bermuda Tapes.” It was built around four hours worth of demo recordings, interviews and interactive features, and documents the genesis of Lennon’s final studio album, with Yoko Ono, “Double Fantasy.”

“That album became colored by his murder, which happened less than a month after its release. So on some levels I hope this app reclaims some of that music,” says Michael Epstein, who direct